Favorites #1

by HueGKoch on Dec 21, 2011 12:53 PM CST

After the most recent debacle in which Drew Brees bent the Vikings over and gave them a proctology exam without the use of hands… crude yes, but that’s actually the cleanest thing I could come up with to explain that GIANT Charlie Foxtrot of a game… I turned on my Playstation and began to punch rock my rage out. And since I don’t have any REAL skills at using an actual musical instrument I had to play Rock Band.

Anyways, as I was wailing through riffs and belting out lyrics to such classics as “Say It Ain’t So” with my avatar Lee D. Vocs, I thought about how great some of those songs were. And for some reason I thought about what my favorite music was and some music that helped me through my life when I was in a better or worse place than I am now.

Skol Girl has a thread that picks a song for different topics which is a pretty sweet idea. But I haven’t seen anything from anyone about what everyone’s favorites are. Maybe it’s a bit personal, but hey, what’s the harm in sharing some of your favorite band and singers with fellow DNers. It’s something light in this extremely oppressive season of disappointment.

So anyways, in order to get it started here’s some of mine. I couldn’t decide on just one so there are a few of each category, Favorite Band, Male singer, Female singer, Song.

Bands- Korn, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Breaking Benjamin, Poison, and to a lesser extent Boston, REO, Journey, Heart.

Male Singers– Chris Cornell, Jonathan Davis (Korn), Benjamin Burnley (Breaking Benjamin), M. Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold), Lajon Witherspoon (Sevendust), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)

Female Singers– Pink, Anastasia, Pat Benatar, Ann Wilson (Heart), Lacey Sturm (Flyleaf)

Songs– Every Rose has it’s Thorn (Poison), I Remember You (Skid Row), Heaven (Warrant), Gunslinger and So Far Away (Avenged Sevenfold), Your Guardian Angel (Red Jumpsuit Apparatus)

Figured this would be a way to deaden a little bit of the pain associated with this season. I'm real interested in seeing some of everyone's fav's.

Happy Holidays to everyone and hopefully you have a great New Years also!

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This is going to date me

Bands- Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Fleetwood Mac, Boston, Aerosmith, Stones, Beatles.

Male Singers- All singers from above bands in addition to Micheal Jackson, Prince

Female Singer- Linda Ronstadt, Pink, Aaliyah (RIP), Stevie Nicks

Songs- Night Moves, Turn the page, basically entire Live Bullet LP-Seger, Most Stones songs, and probably my favorite is Purple Rain- Prince.

by VikesFanInTulsa on Dec 21, 2011 1:24 PM CST reply actions

Just bought a "Bright Eyes" CD for my wife for Christmas. Don't tell.

A friend of mine gave us a “Monsters Of Folk” CD a while back, and it is our favorite thing to listen to. Then there are the spin offs like Jim James from "My Morning Jacket’ and M. Ward from "She and Him and the above mentioned “Bright Eyes” that I have not heard yet. It’s interesting stuff that’s not highly produced. Probably music that you would have to develop a taste for.

It might be fun to pick a song that best describes the 2011 Viking season.

My pick – “I’m Down” by the Beatles.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon

by JethroBoViking on Dec 21, 2011 1:38 PM CST reply actions

going with the Beatles theme

I’m a LOSER

by VikesFanInTulsa on Dec 21, 2011 2:18 PM CST up reply actions

Great music, JethroBoViking!

I am a huge music fan covering a wide variety of genres, and I love all of the music you mentioned. Just for clarification, Monsters of Folk is an indie supergroup that consists of Jim James, Conor Oberst (who records under the name Bright Eyes as well as his real name), M. Ward, and Mike Mogis. All of these guys were well-established indie stars before they came together as Monsters of Folk. So, they are not spin offs of that group. And, M. Ward recorded under his own name for years (and still does) before he established She and Him with Zooey Deschanel.

by Ben T on Dec 21, 2011 3:34 PM CST up reply actions

Zooey Deschanel

I really like her voice.

"I bang sloots off the field, and I bang dudes on the field."
"I don't give a sh!t what your name is, as long as your initials are DTF."
Thad Castle

by HueGKoch on Dec 22, 2011 6:37 AM CST up reply actions

I was basakwards. Thanks for pointing that out.

That’s just how it worked out for us because M.O.F. was the first music that we had heard.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon

by JethroBoViking on Dec 22, 2011 9:24 AM CST up reply actions

Oh, JBV, one more thing...

I have a recommendation for you: check out an album called “I’m Having Fun Now” by Jenny and Johnny. I think you and your wife would like this based on your appreciation of Monsters of Folk.

Jenny is Jenny Lewis, who records with the band Rilo Kiley and also under her own name. Johnny is Johnathan Rice, a singer-songwriter that I had not heard of before this album.

by Ben T on Dec 21, 2011 6:44 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check it out.

Also, we have listened to Jacob Dylan’s “Seeing Things” album quite a bit. It’s even more raw than the Monsters.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon

by JethroBoViking on Dec 22, 2011 9:31 AM CST up reply actions

This is a toughie!

Favorite Band – ABBA
Favorite Male Singers – Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson
Favorite Female Singers – Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog
Songs – Dancing Queen, Waterloo, SOS, The Winner Takes It All, Take a Chance On Me.

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points." --Knute Rockne

by abba7 on Dec 21, 2011 4:06 PM CST reply actions

Real answers

Bands – Most Classic Rock of the 70’s and 80’s, REO, Journey, Queen, etc
Male singers – Micheal W. Smith, David Bowie, and agree with you about Sebastian Bach and back in the day liked Rob Halford a lot before he became kind of flakey, and always thought John Denver had one of the most unique voices
Female singers – Whitney Houston till she lost it, Shania Twain cause she is way hot, Kathy Troccoli.
Songs – I Remember You, almost too many to list.

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points." --Knute Rockne

by abba7 on Dec 21, 2011 4:18 PM CST up reply actions

Sebastian

Yeah, I wasn’t a huge fan until one day I heard I Remember You. At the end of the song when he’s holding that long note… still gives me chills. Unbelievable voice.

"I bang sloots off the field, and I bang dudes on the field."
"I don't give a sh!t what your name is, as long as your initials are DTF."
Thad Castle

by HueGKoch on Dec 22, 2011 6:39 AM CST up reply actions

LOL

Love it!

"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin

by kcskol on Dec 21, 2011 7:03 PM CST up reply actions

Let me guess..your family origin from Sweden?

by aircanada on Dec 22, 2011 3:38 AM CST up reply actions

Poland actually

Most people on here can vouch that I’m a Polack. I see your account is a new one. Hey welcome to the Daily Norseman.

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points." --Knute Rockne

by abba7 on Dec 22, 2011 8:15 AM CST up reply actions

Thanks! I`ve been lurking around here for a while, so it was about time I joined now.

by aircanada on Dec 23, 2011 1:28 AM CST up reply actions

I don't have all-time favorites,

only what my ear is enjoying at the moment. And, right now I am completely into various forms of indie pop. Recording artists that I highly recommend from this genre:

Fleet Foxes, Junip, Beach House, Foster The People, The Dodos, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Delta Spirit, Arcade Fire, and Death Cab For Cutie

by Ben T on Dec 21, 2011 4:23 PM CST reply actions

Gotta say

I haven’t heard much about any of these bands, but I’ll have to look into them. Thanks for sharing!

"I bang sloots off the field, and I bang dudes on the field."
"I don't give a sh!t what your name is, as long as your initials are DTF."
Thad Castle

by HueGKoch on Dec 22, 2011 6:40 AM CST up reply actions

easy peasy

BANDS: The Stones, Jim Carroll Band, The Ramones, London QuireBoys, Queen ,
The Dogs D’amour, Thin Lizzy, T Rex, Mink Deville, Black Crows, Kings Of Leon,
Avett Brothers, Black Keys, J Hawks, Gear Daddys, The Replacements, Hellsonics.

MALE SINGERS: Eddie Cochran,Tom Waits, Willie Deville, all the lead singers in the bands above.

FEMALE SINGERS: Jessica Bélanger,Joan Jett, Amy Winehouse, Etta James.

SONGS : Jump On Top Of Me Baby, Baby Boomerang, Spanish Stroll, Phone Call From Istanbul, People Who Died, Something Else.

ADDED CATAGORY FAV VID:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES6MUsBgBRs&feature=related

@}-----You've been Touched-----{@

by Velvetouch on Dec 21, 2011 8:11 PM CST reply actions

These are GREAT!

All of them. I’m glad some people were willing to do this. Like I said in the post, adds a little levity to the season. Thanks everyone!

"I bang sloots off the field, and I bang dudes on the field."
"I don't give a sh!t what your name is, as long as your initials are DTF."
Thad Castle

by HueGKoch on Dec 22, 2011 6:35 AM CST reply actions

I have a very diverse music taste

Bands – Boston, Queen, Mumford and Sons, Dierks Bentley, Alan Jackson, Staind

Male Singer – I can only put Brad Delp, because no one else is, or will ever be, in the same class as him

Female singers – Pat Benatar, Reba McEntire, and Lacey Sturm

Songs – Little Lion Man (Mumford and Sons), Rock and Roll Band (Boston), Senor and Fiddlin’ around (Dierks Bentley)

If we can't laugh at ourselves, Packer fans will call us crybabies and we will be forced to kick their tooth in. I really don't want to go to jail (again).

by Alittlemore_cowbell on Dec 22, 2011 11:34 AM CST reply actions

Yeah you do

Almost one end of the spectrum to the other. I do enjoy Mumford and Sons.

"I bang sloots off the field, and I bang dudes on the field."
"I don't give a sh!t what your name is, as long as your initials are DTF."
Thad Castle

by HueGKoch on Dec 22, 2011 12:02 PM CST up reply actions

Yah same Mumford I likes also

You gotta like Old Crow Medicine Show “Wagon wheel”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2vJUadjdmo&feature=fvwrel

@}-----You've been Touched-----{@

by Velvetouch on Dec 22, 2011 9:09 PM CST up reply actions

You've gotta listen to

the “Up on the Ridge” album by Dierks Bentley. It’s a little more southern than Mumford and Sons or Old Crow Medicine Show, but that’s why I like it : )

Here’s
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links

If we can't laugh at ourselves, Packer fans will call us crybabies and we will be forced to kick their tooth in. I really don't want to go to jail (again).

by Alittlemore_cowbell on Dec 23, 2011 10:52 AM CST up reply actions